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1 online resource (400 pages). |
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Cambridge Studies in Constitutional Law
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Cambridge studies in constitutional law.
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| Contents |
Cover; JUDGING SOCIAL RIGHTS; CAMBRIDGE STUDIES IN CONSTITUTIONAL LAW; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; DETAILED TABLE OF CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; TABLE OF CASES; TABLE OF LEGISLATION; 1 Introduction: aims and methods; I Introduction; II Why does it matter?; III Arguments against constitutional social rights; A The bad arguments; B The good arguments; C The best argument -- the risky enterprise; IV The case for incrementalism in a nutshell; V Background political conditions -- when the argument applies; A The background political conditions; B When the conditions do not apply; VI Conclusion. |
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PART I The case for constitutional social rights2 The case for social rights; I Introduction; II Different senses of 'social rights'; III Social rights, human rights, and the welfare state; A Social rights as human rights: form and justification; B The basic content of social human rights; 1 The social minimum; 2 The basic duties in respect of the social minimum; C State responsibility and the welfare state; IV Multi-institutional protection of social rights; A Legislative; B Executive/administrative; C Adjudicative; D Constitutional; V Conclusion. |
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3 The value of courts in light of the alternativesI Introduction; II The prima facie benefits of legal accountability; III The courts and social change; A Significant social change; B Impact and administrative justice; C A pathology of legalism?; D A hollow hope for the poor?; IV Alternatives to courts: partner or substitute?; A Specialised adjudication -- tribunals; B Ombudsmen; C Alternative dispute resolution (ADR); V Conclusion: the role of law in an incrementalist approach; 4 A basic interpretive approach; I Introduction; II Constitutional social rights: a basic interpretive approach. |
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A The structure of rights: scope of interest and nature of obligationB Constitutional text: absolute and qualified obligations; C Judicial interpretation: the inescapability of vagueness; III The need for an approach to judicial restraint; A Social rights in the shadow of Lochner and Dicey; B The allure and limits of existing interpretive approaches; 1 Interpretivism; 2 Principles, balancing, and proportionality; 3 Deliberative democracy; 4 The minimum-core approach; 5 Institutional reform approach; 6 South African reasonableness; IV Conclusion; PART II A theory of judicial restraint. |
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5 Institutional approaches to judicial restraintI Introduction; II Formalist approaches; A The distinction between law and politics; B The principle/policy distinction; C Justiciability; III Institutional approaches; A The rising tide of institutionalism; B General features of institutional approaches; Acceptance of uncertainty and judicial fallibility.; Concern with consequences and systemic effect.; Rights as prima facie claims subject to balancing.; Inter-institutional comity and collaboration.; Incrementalism.; C Two paths diverge: restrictive vs. contextual institutionalism. |
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Contextual institutionalism. |
| Summary |
Jeff King argues in favour of constitutionalising social rights, and presents an incrementalist approach to judicial enforcement. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Social rights -- United States.
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Social rights. |
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United States. |
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Judicial power -- Social aspects -- United States.
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Judicial power -- Social aspects. |
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Judicial power. |
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Constitutional law -- United States.
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Constitutional law. |
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Political questions and judicial power -- United States.
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Political questions and judicial power. |
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Social justice -- United States.
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Social justice. |
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Social rights -- Philosophy.
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Philosophy. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: King, Jeff. Judging Social Rights. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, ©2012 9781107008021 |
| ISBN |
9781139421720 |
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1139421727 |
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9781107400320 (paperback) |
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1107400325 (paperback) |
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9781139051750 (electronic book) |
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113905175X (electronic book) |
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1280682930 |
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9781280682933 |
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9781139423762 (electronic book) |
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1139423762 (electronic book) |
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9781107008021 |
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1107008026 |
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9781139419673 |
| Standard No. |
9786613659873 |
